Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/regnabogō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *regnabugô. Equivalent to *regn +‎ *bogō.

Noun

*regnabogō m

rainbow

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*regnabogō
Genitive	regnabogini, regnabogan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*regnabogō	*regnabogan
Accusative	*regnabogan	*regnabogan
Genitive	regnabogini, regnabogan	*regnaboganō
Dative	regnabogini, regnabogan	*regnabogum
Instrumental	regnabogini, regnabogan	*regnabogum

Descendants

Old English: reġnboga, rēnboga
- Middle English: renboge, reinboȝe, reinbowe
  - Scots: raynbow, ranebow
  - English: rainbow
Old Frisian: reinboga
- Saterland Frisian: Rienbooge
- West Frisian: reinbôge
Old Saxon: *reganbogo
- Middle Low German: regenboge, regensboge
  - German Low German: Regenboog
  - Low German: Regenbaag, Regenbagen
  - Plautdietsch: Räajenboagen
Old Dutch: *reganbogo
- Middle Dutch: rēgenbōge
  - Dutch: regenboog
    - Afrikaans: reënboog
Old High German: reginbogo, reganbogo
- Middle High German: regenboge, rëgenboge
  - German: Regenbogen
  - Hunsrik: Rehnbohe
  - Luxembourgish: Reebou
  - Vilamovian: ranaböga, rȧnaböga, rȧnböga, raenaböga, rǡnabȫga
  - Yiddish: רעגנבויגן‎ (regnboygn)

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